CONWAY — Lowering the level of lakes, called drawdowns, is common in New Hampshire. Madison's Silver Lake was taken down a few weeks ago, and the town started to lower Conway Lake on Nov. 1.
But increasingly, lakefront property owners and environmentalists are concerned that exposing lake bottoms through these drawdowns endangers species such as frogs, which hibernate and become exposed to the cold when their water insulation, which freezes in winter, is exposed.
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